The song of Safety
Discover the journey to true safety in this heartfelt poem, exploring the shift from external control to internal truth, embracing inner contradictions, and finding peace in presence and self-awareness.
Where does your safety truly lie?
Is it in control, or how others apply,
Their gaze upon you, or in the act,
Of avoiding conflict, keeping things intact?
But survival’s grip can only last so long,
It keeps you stuck, it doesn’t make you strong.
True safety comes from a different place,
From the heart, not the race.
Shift the center, let it be within,
In speaking truth and feeling the spin
Of your own needs, standing tall,
Safety comes when you heed the call.
Safety is not in the absence of fear,
Not in making symptoms disappear.
It's in the space where you mellow,
Acknowledge the pain, and simply allow.
It’s in the presence of the moment’s sound,
Not controlling what’s felt or found,
But listening closely, responding with care,
A partnership with your body, aware.
And in the depths of inner strife,
Where contradictions dance in life,
Safety doesn’t ask for one voice to fall,
It holds them both, embracing all.
For in the "both" we find our truth,
In paradox, in wisdom’s youth,
No part is bad, no part is wrong,
Safety grows when we sing both songs.
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